Ubuntu 20.04 安装 Vmware 16.1.2 Pro 启动报错 Before you can run VMware,several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernel

1. 尝试解决方案 1

参考: https://www.cnblogs.com/zhiweiXiaomu/p/14301885.html

1.1 操作过程

git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
cd vmware-host-modules
git checkout workstation-16.1.2
sudo make
sudo make install

进入后如果虚拟机无法启动，则用下面的方法解决：

wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-16.1.0.tar.gz
tar zvxf workstation-16.1.0.tar.gz
cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-16.1.0
sudo make
sudo make install
cd vmmon-only
# ${kernel-version} 是你的内核版本
cp vmmon.ko /lib/modules/${kernel-version}/misc/vmmon.ko
sudo modprobe vmmon

1.2 操作结果

未知，在编译过程中报错:

make -C vmmon-only 
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/wangsir/Documents/c_cpp-workspace/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only'
Using standalone build system.
In file included from ./autoconf/geninclude.c:20:
./include/compat_autoconf.h:38:13: fatal error: generated/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
   38 | #   include <generated/autoconf.h>
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/wangsir/Documents/c_cpp-workspace/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/driver-5.4.0-77-generic'
In file included from .././autoconf/geninclude.c:20:
.././include/compat_autoconf.h:38:13: fatal error: generated/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
   38 | #   include <generated/autoconf.h>
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Dependencies for vmx86.c
cc1: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode
make[2]: *** [.././Makefile.normal:128: vmx86.d] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/wangsir/Documents/c_cpp-workspace/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/driver-5.4.0-77-generic'
make[1]: *** [Makefile.normal:143: deps] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/wangsir/Documents/c_cpp-workspace/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only'
make: *** [Makefile:21: vmmon-only] Error 2

2. 尝试解决方案 2

经咨询过 kernel 的同学后...

2.1 操作过程

sudo apt install linux-headers-5.4.0-77-generic

2.2 操作结果

再次启动 VMware Workstation 竟然成功了；事后尝试编译上述模块也成功了。

3. 总结

从错误来看就是 kernel 缺少个东西但不知道是啥，最后咨询尝试安装 linux-headers-5.4.0-77-generic 就成功了，分析可能是之前 ubuntu 多次 kernel 升级存在多个版本，清理的时候将此模块清除了。